Here is a visual novel that differs from the rest. It is an enjoyable, albeit tearful story about two kids slowly dying to unnamed illnesses.

Fans of the genre take note this 'game' isn't like other VNs on Steam. While it has it's moments for making you grin, I should warn that it is, at its heart, a depressing story - not everyone's cup of tea. Having said that I found it artfully executed, tasteful (no excessive sex references or anything of the sort), and a welcome change in mood from other games in my possession.

I don't want to give away the plot, for it is short. What you can expect is a minimalist approach to story-telling - images of scenery and hospital interiors, quiet and terse dialogue, simple yet beautiful characterisations. It has a lot going for it, making it a worthwhile purchase in my mind. The only problem I had was trying to figure out who the protagonist was at certain points in the story, which may have been intentional.

There is also a beautiful mystery if you don't stay attentive, in the form of whether the story-teller is male or female. I only recently learned I had it wrong, but once again this may have been intentional. It may have worked even better had there been no evidence at all, leaving the reader to come up with whatever they prefer.

So sure, it's not your typical visual novel. It isn't interactive in any way. There are no branching possibilities, no choices to be made for different endings. But it does have a lot of things that do work - quality artwork, a decent musical score, and a plot that, in my mind, rivals some of the best short stories and novellas out there today. Worth getting.

Visual novel about the certainty of death in the lives of two terminally ill kids. The dialog, music and story gives insight to what we are doing with the precious time that we have and how we choose to spend it.

Bringing back memories from the hospital and of friends in it just makes me realize how well the story develops with these characters. The story touched my heart...

7/10

Depressing AF but I love it. Makes you feel some feels like you've never feeled before. The feels man, the feels.

This Visual Novel was quite enjoyable, but it was a bit boring at times *yawn*
Also, I would have of liked it more variety in the pictures shown on the screen, because they showed the same ones over and over again.
But it's good if you want a few free Steam Achivements. Just hold Ctrl then. Yay.
Very sad, but beautiful story.

I give Narcissu 1st & 2nd 8/10

This is one of the best visual novels a have played, It´s pretty well written and very detailed, with a not very affable or pleasant theme but with a great value.

I would alert that this history is sad, and a lot of people look the whole plot as it, I personally found it at the end as a message of acceptance and optimism, giving a feel of hope, confidence and so the depart of someone.

The game has some languages support and come with subtitles and also dubbed, It has an amazing soundtrack (too much that I ended buying it lol), I recommend the use of headset while playing, It shows some really good artwork that with combination of the sound effects you can get a good perspective of the protagonist, and also the game now comes with achievements for each chapter you have completed.

I have to say that I don´t consider this a videogame but it can be enjoyable as one, so if you are not in to this kind of stuff, just give it a try now, it´s for free, and I hope you can enjoy it too! :)

Oh, a little note, for me it was pretty slow the moment of changing to the next dialogue, so to do it faster change the speed on menu, also press ¨A¨ to put autoplay mode, It would be even better.

I gave it a 9/10, I really enjoy every moment of it, and had a good time but as I said, I don’t consider it a game but more on a style of a book.

I hope you will have a good time~